Dell PowerConnect B-RX8 Installation Guide - Page 190
Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00, TABLE 26
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7 Upgrading the BigIron RX Series software The variable is the name of the unified software image you want to download to the switch. Image names are assigned as follows: TABLE 26 Device Image name Image name Example BigIron RX rxxxxxx.bin rx02700.bin The lp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new interface module boot image. The lp-sec parameter specifies that interface image be copied to the secondary location in flash. The mbridge parameter tells the BigIron RX to copy the MBRIDGE image. It will now include two MBRIDGES; one for BigIron RX-16/8/4 (mbridge21.xsvf) and one for the BigIron RX-32(mbridge32.xsvf). The mp-boot parameter specifies that you want to download the new management module boot image. The mp-sec parameter specifies that management image be copied to the secondary location in flash. 2. Reboot the management module using the reload command. (Refer to "Rebooting the management module" on page 183.) 3. If you are using SSH v2, you must clear the crypto key using the crypto key zeroize command after you upgrade. Then, regenerate a new crypto key using the crypto key generate command. Unified software image upgrade to upgrade release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00 BigIron RX software release 02.2.01 to 02.5.00 can be upgraded using the Unified Software Image Upgrade procedure. This new procedure removes the need to copy multiple images in separate steps. In addition, you can set parameters to limit the images being copied and to direct images to be copied to the secondary image location to a later release by doing the following. 1. Copy the unified software image (rx02700.bin) from a TFTP server to the switch. For example, to copy the entire unified software image from a TFTP server at IP address 10.10.12.12, use the following command. BigIron RX#copy tftp image 10.10.12.12 rx02500.bin Syntax: copy tftp image [lp-no-boot | lp-sec mp-no-boot | mp-sec | no-mbridge] The variable is the IP address for the TFTP server you are downloading the image from. The variable is the name of the unified software image you want to download to the switch. Image names are assigned as follows: TABLE 27 Device Image name Image name Example BigIron RX rxxxxxx.bin rx02700.bin The lp-no-boot parameter specifies that you do not want to download the interface module boot image. 178 BigIron RX Installation Guide 53-1001811-01